diff --git a/inbox/queue/2026-04-29-gen-z-franchise-ip-demographic-ceiling-harry-potter-marvel.md b/inbox/queue/2026-04-29-gen-z-franchise-ip-demographic-ceiling-harry-potter-marvel.md
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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The 13-24 cohort (primary entertainment spenders 2030-2045) shows weak affiliati
 
 **KB connections:**
 - [[information cascades create power law distributions in culture because consumers use popularity as a quality signal when choice is overwhelming]] — when franchise trust breaks (MCU no longer "must-see"), the information cascade reverses
-- [[value flows to whichever resources are scarce and disruption shifts which resources are scarce making resource-scarcity analysis the core strategic framework]] — the scarce resource IS shifting: originality and community trust are scarce, franchise IP is abundant (and depreciating)
+- value flows to whichever resources are scarce and disruption shifts which resources are scarce making resource-scarcity analysis the core strategic framework — the scarce resource IS shifting: originality and community trust are scarce, franchise IP is abundant (and depreciating)
 - [[consumer definition of quality is fluid and revealed through preference not fixed by production value]] — Gen Z's quality definition has shifted from franchise coherence to freshness/originality
 
 **Extraction hints:**
diff --git a/inbox/queue/2026-04-29-variety-quirino-kids-animation-broken-claynosaurz-model.md b/inbox/queue/2026-04-29-variety-quirino-kids-animation-broken-claynosaurz-model.md
index 85444de05..f1afdaad2 100644
--- a/inbox/queue/2026-04-29-variety-quirino-kids-animation-broken-claynosaurz-model.md
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@@ -41,12 +41,12 @@ Both Claynosaurz and Amazing Digital Circus were cited as the two leading exampl
 **KB connections:**
 - [[progressive validation through community building reduces development risk by proving audience demand before production investment]] — directly confirmed
 - [[GenAI is simultaneously sustaining and disruptive depending on whether users pursue progressive syntheticization or progressive control]] — Claynosaurz is the progressive control path
-- [[creator and corporate media economies are zero-sum because total media time is stagnant]] — this is evidence for the creator side
+- creator and corporate media economies are zero-sum because total media time is stagnant — this is evidence for the creator side
 
 **Extraction hints:**
 - New claim: "Creator-led transmedia IP built on community validation is outperforming streamer-commissioned kids animation as traditional commissioning contracts post-streaming contraction" — veteran testimony + Claynosaurz data
 - New claim: "The traditional kids animation commissioning model is structurally broken as post-streaming contraction narrows broadcaster demand, shifting viable entry to creator-led community-built IP"
-- Update to [[progressive validation through community building reduces development risk]]: Hollywood veteran endorsement from outside the community-IP world
+- Update to progressive validation through community building reduces development risk: Hollywood veteran endorsement from outside the community-IP world
 
 ## Curator Notes (structured handoff for extractor)
 PRIMARY CONNECTION: [[progressive validation through community building reduces development risk by proving audience demand before production investment]]